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A Kiss of Shadows - Laurell K. Hamilton
SUMMARY: "All it would take was my true name being mentioned after dark, and it would float back to my aunt. She was the Queen of Air and Darkness, and that meant that anything sai... -
A History of the World in 6 Gla - Tom Standage
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Standage starts with a bold hypothesis—that each epoch, from the Stone Age to the present, has had its signature beverage—and takes readers on... -
A Good Woman - Danielle Steel
SUMMARY: From the glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the fires of World War I, Danielle Steel takes us on an unforgettable journey in her new novel—a spellbinding tale of war, lo... -
A Drowned Maiden's Hair - Laura Amy Schlitz
Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hyacinth chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until she learns of her new... -
A Catalogue of Books Relating t - George Watson Cole
Witchcraft in Early North America investigates European, African, and Indian witchcraft beliefs and their expression in colonial America. Alison Games's engaging book takes us beyo... -
A Bend in the River - Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
In the "brilliant novel" (_The New York Times_) V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man — an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come... -
30 Days in Sydney_ A Wildly Dis - Peter Carey
SUMMARY: “This is a fabulously idiosyncratic small masterpiece ... it’s so good it takes your breath away.”—Times (UK)After living abroad for years, novelist Peter Carey returns ho... -
1492_ The Year Our World Began - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
SUMMARY: The world would end in 1492 - so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began. In search of the origins of the moder...